Brian Ruder

Brian joined Permira in 2008 and currently serves on Permira’s Executive Committee, chairs the Permira Growth Opportunities Investment Committee and co-chairs the buyout funds’ Investment Committee.

Since joining, he has been instrumental in building the firm’s Technology sector team, which he co-led until 2023, and has worked on a number of the firm’s most notable transactions, including Ancestry, Genesys, Informatica, LegalZoom, Lytx, Magento, McAfee, Relativity, Renaissance Learning, TeamViewer and Zendesk.

Prior to joining Permira in 2008, Brian was Partner at Francisco Partners where he covered investments in the Software and Services sector. He has also worked for Hellman & Friedman and in corporate finance for Morgan Stanley.